Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle Buy Now inscribed "PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT"

inscribed "PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT" above and "CAROLUS LINNAEUS NATUS 1707" below

along with a large "1" in handwritten blue ink

glue residue evident on the white enamels that has emanated from the repositioning of the centerpiece

with his name listed

in turn retaining a period original full-size sash ribbon

Germany, Imperial. A Rare Silver Grade Wound Badge, Screwback Variant, by Otto Schickle Buy Now inscribed "PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT"(Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a replacement washer, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a variant produced by Otto Schickle, Pforzheim, c. 1925, measuring 38. 54 mm (w) x 43. 48 mm